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H. A. OI-IAPIN. IGNITING AND BXTINGUISHING APPARATUS.

N0.,414,941. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. OHAPIN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

IG NITING AND EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,941, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed March 13, 1889.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. CHAPIN, of New York, in the county and- State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Igniting and Extinguishing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to provide means whereby the wick of a'lamp or analogous article'may be lighted and such light extinguished without removing the globe or chimney of the lamp or analogous article.'

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a lamp-burner having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section of igniting apparatus embodying my improvement.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both the figures.

A designates the body of the lamp-burner. It has at the lower end a cylindric boss a, which can fit into the opening of the reservoir of a lamp 'or lantern.

B designates the wick-tube.

D designates the air-distributor, which is perforated in the usual manner.

E designates the slotted cone or deflector.

All these parts may be made of ordinary construction and of any suitable metal.

The air-distributer D is provided at one side of the wick-tube with a rectangular opening, whereby provision is afforded for the insertion of a tube G, here shown as of rectangular shape. This tube may be made of sheet metal. Through it a match may be introduced for the purpose of lighting the wick of the burner. This tube is extended in an oblique direction through the said opening in the air-distributor and at right angles to the width of the Wick-tube until it is but a short distance from the top of the Wick-tube. It may then be rigidly secured in position by solder or any other suitable means. The portion of the tube G which is outside of the air-distributor may be of any desired length and extends downwardly in an oblique direction.

Serial No. 303,174. (No model.)

In my improvement (shown clearly in Fig. 2) the bottom Wall of the tube extends for a short distance beyond the other walls of the tube, at the end nearest the wick-tube, and is bent upwardly at an incline. This upwardly-bent portion is provided on its inner side with a roughened surface to form a scratcher; or, if desired, any suitable scratching material-such, for instance, as sand-papermay be rigidly secured thereto. The upper and side walls of the tube are rigid, as is also the bottom wall. The bent portion, however, may or may not be rigid, as desired. Then a match is introduced into this form of tube, it comes in contact with the scratcher of this upwardly-bent portion, and its end, which is provided with igniting material, becomes ignited by reason of friction. The lighted match is then extended to the wick, as before described.

It will be observed that the prolonged or upwardly-turned portion within the burner will not permit a match to pass beyond its end or over it into the deflector, whereby the charred portion of the match is not scraped or pulled off when the match is withdrawn,

thus obviating the danger of filling the openings in the distributor D, which would cause the lamp to smoke by cutting off the supply of air necessary for combustion.

When the invention is not in use, a cap of metal of any suitable size or shape to fit the end of the tube through which the match is inserted may be used as a cover for the same to prevent the entrance of air.

By removing the cap or cover of the tube G and blowing through the tube the light of a wick may be readily extinguished.

To facilitate the extinguishing of the flame of a lamp which is not easy of access, the tube G may have at its outer end a telescopic section, which may be secured thereto or be removable therefrom, as desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a lamp or gas burner, of a tube closed at all sides, one portion being cut away'and the opposite portion prolonged and inclined toward the plane of the portion which is cut away, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with ulalnp-burner, of a tube closed at all sides, one portion being cut away and the opposite portion prolonged and inclined toward the plane of the cutaway portion, the said tube being extended through the shell of the burner at right angles to the width of the wick-tube and hav- IO ing its upturned portion within the burner roughened, substantially as specified.

HENRY A. CIIAPIN. \Vitnesses:

C. R. FERGUSON, S. O. EDMONDS. 

